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1 giorno fa · A Passage to India (1984) - Film set during the early 20th century India; The Jewel in the Crown (1984) - TV series set during the 1940s British Raj era; Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) Bhaji on the Beach (1993) - A film by Gurinder Chadha depicts life of a group of West London Asian women. The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) Kama Sutra: A Tale of ...
5 ore fa · Another 18th-century story has Shakespeare starting his theatrical career minding the horses of theatre patrons in London. John Aubrey reported that Shakespeare had been a country schoolmaster. [37] Some 20th-century scholars suggested that Shakespeare may have been employed as a schoolmaster by Alexander Hoghton of Lancashire , a Catholic landowner who named a certain "William Shakeshafte" in ...
5 ore fa · Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience. Philosophy , politics , architecture , and social issues were also aspects of the movement, which arose from a "growing alienation " from prevailing " morality , optimism , and convention " [1] and a desire to change how " human beings in a ...
5 ore fa · 2024 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films, and notable deaths. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 100th anniversaries , Miramax will celebrate its 45th anniversary, 20th Century Animation , DreamWorks Pictures , DreamWorks Animation and Searchlight Pictures will celebrate ...
1 giorno fa · Homosexuality in 20th-century United States Further information: LGBT history in the United States and Lavender scare Following the social upheaval of World War II, many people in the United States felt a fervent desire to "restore the prewar social order and hold off the forces of change", according to historian Barry Adam. Spurred by the national emphasis on anti-communism, Senator Joseph ...
1 giorno fa · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
1 giorno fa · Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
